Fatally injured in an air raid when a bomb
exploded at the Regent Road police station.

CWGC - Constable, Police War Reserve; of 16A The
Crescent. Injured at Regent Road Police Station;
died same day at Salford Royal Hospital.

Killed alongside Police Inspector John William
Salthouse when the Regent Road Police Station was
bombed.

See article in the M.E.N. dated 4th March 2015.

Page Number: 173 - Cemetery Register: DCE 1/10  
The Police Station was given as his home address.

See
http://archivedatabases.cheshire.gov.uk/cms/LacOverleighCemetery/ResultsDetail.aspx?RowId=60590

Overleigh Cemetery is located in Grosvenor Road on
the south side of the River Dee in Chester,
Cheshire, England. The original part of the
cemetery is listed by English Heritage at Grade II
in the National Register of Historic Parks and
Gardens.

Commemorated on the GMP Salford Police Memorial at
their Swinton HQ.